The aim of this study was to find out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of House Officers (HO) and Postgraduates (PG) dental trainees. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 380 participants. A total number of 194 HOs and 186 PG trainees from all the teaching dental hospitals of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa participated. The time duration of this study was December 2020 till March 2021. A self-administered questionnaire was used that comprised of closed-ended questions on perceptions of trainees regarding their mental health. The data was recorded and analyzed using SPSS statistical package 26.0. A total number of 380 Trainee dentists participated in the study and half of them (48%) reported to be tested positive for COVID-19 previously. During the peak of the pandemic, the overall mental health (90.8%) of the participants was compromised. The most common reasons reported were financial issues (58.9%) and psychomotor skills (52.1%). Fear of putting the family in danger (94.2%) was also a significant factor adding to mental health deterioration. It was also reported in our study that the females were more psychologically affected as compared to their male counterparts with a P-Value less than 0.05. This study shows the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of house officers and postgraduate dental trainees. Our research concluded that majority of internees mental health was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a significant incidence of fear, anxiety, and concern, among other psychological symptoms.

The objective of this study was to assess misconceptions, hesitancy and efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccine among Faculty, House Officers (HO) and Postgraduates (PG) dental trainees towards the novel COVID-19 vaccine and to assess the association between COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and conspiracy beliefs. A cross sectional study was conducted on 150 participants from Sardar Begum Dental hospital, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A self-administered questionnaire was developed with questions related to perception of participants regarding misconceptions, safety, hesitancy and efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccination. The questionnaire comprised of 26 closed-ended questions. Data was analyzed using SPSS statistical package 26.0. More than half of the participants (87.3%) reported to be tested positive for COVID-19 at some point. Majority of participants (87.3%) reported that they were vaccinated and 86.7% reported that they had post-vaccination reactions such as pain in arm, fever and body aches. A notable number of participants that were part of the study believed in the misconceptions related to the COVID-19 vaccine. This study concluded that despite widespread vaccination awareness campaigns, significant number of dental surgeons believed in misconceptions regarding COVID-19 vaccination that may pose a significant challenge to Pakistan's COVID-19 immunization program.